US6796231B2 - Shield for doctor blade holder - Google Patents

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US6796231B2
US6796231B2 US10/251,351 US25135102A US6796231B2 US 6796231 B2 US6796231 B2 US 6796231B2 US 25135102 A US25135102 A US 25135102A US 6796231 B2 US6796231 B2 US 6796231B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F9/00—Rotary intaglio printing presses
    • B41F9/06—Details
    • B41F9/08—Wiping mechanisms
    • B41F9/10—Doctors, scrapers, or like devices
    • B41F9/1036—Clamping and adjusting devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F15/00—Screen printers
    • B41F15/14—Details
    • B41F15/44—Squeegees or doctors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F31/00—Inking arrangements or devices
    • B41F31/02—Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices
    • B41F31/027—Ink rail devices for inking ink rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F31/00—Inking arrangements or devices
    • B41F31/02—Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices
    • B41F31/04—Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices with duct-blades or like metering devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F9/00—Rotary intaglio printing presses
    • B41F9/06—Details
    • B41F9/08—Wiping mechanisms
    • B41F9/10—Doctors, scrapers, or like devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F9/00—Rotary intaglio printing presses
    • B41F9/06—Details
    • B41F9/08—Wiping mechanisms
    • B41F9/10—Doctors, scrapers, or like devices
    • B41F9/1063—Seals between blades and cylinder
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F9/00—Rotary intaglio printing presses
    • B41F9/06—Details
    • B41F9/08—Wiping mechanisms
    • B41F9/10—Doctors, scrapers, or like devices
    • B41F9/1072—Blade construction

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  • the present invention relates generally to printing machines, and more particularly, is directed to a shield for a doctor blade holder.
  • an ink transfer or anilox roll transfers ink to an adjacent plate roll for printing.
  • Ink is supplied to the anilox roll from an ink chamber defined by a chamber housing which partially surrounds the anilox roll. Specifically, ink is supplied through an ink supply tube and then through an ink supply line in the chamber housing, into the ink chamber. In like manner, ink is removed from the ink chamber through an ink return line in the chamber housing and then through an ink return tube.
  • doctor blades are provided at the entry and exit positions of the anilox roll relative to the ink chamber.
  • the doctor blades are fixed to the chamber housing by a clamp so that the doctor blades overhang the chamber housing and contact the anilox roll.
  • the outer surface of the anilox roll passes through the ink chamber and picks up ink for printing.
  • the ink is metered by means of the doctor blades held to the inlet and outlet ends of the chamber housing, with the free ends of the doctor blades being in contact with the outer surface of the anilox roll.
  • the doctor blades are clamped to a chamber housing by a clamp holder.
  • ink may leak around the doctor blade and ride on the outer surface of the doctor blade so as to deposit on the outer surface of the chamber housing. Additionally, ink may be deposited on the outside of the chamber by operator error or by a worn doctor blade blowing out. Further, the sealing blade on the chamber may pick up ink from the anilox roll and deposit the ink on the outside of the chamber, an event called back blading. Ink on the outside of the chamber requires an extensive clean-up operation which is burdensome and time-consuming.
  • Gravure printing has a similar process wherein a doctor blade is held by a clamp or holder. Spills and operator error result in ink being deposited on the clamp or holder, requiring extensive clean up.
  • a combined doctor blade and shield for use with a doctor blade holder of a printing machine, includes a doctor blade adapted to be secured to the doctor blade holder in a manner so as to extend outwardly therefrom at least substantially in engagement with an outer surface of a roll for metering ink on the roll, the doctor blade being formed as a doctoring plate having a rear portion adapted to be secured to the doctor blade holder and a front portion with a doctoring edge adapted to at least substantially contact the outer surface of the roll to meter ink thereto, and a doctor blade shield having one end fixedly secured to the doctor blade in spaced relation away from the doctoring edge and a second opposite free end unsecured to the doctoring plate, so as to cover at least a portion of the outer surface of the doctor blade holder to prevent ink from depositing on the outer surface of the doctor blade holder when the combined doctor blade and doctor blade shield is clamped to the doctor blade holder.
  • the shield can be flexible or rigid.
  • the shield hangs down from the one end in at least partial covering relation to the outer surface of the doctor blade holder.
  • the shield has a second opposite end secured to the outer surface of the doctor blade holder at a position remote from the one end. In such case, the shield is wrapped at least partially around the outer surface of the doctor blade holder, and there is a securing arrangement on the outer surface of the doctor blade holder for securing the second opposite end of the shield thereto.
  • the doctor blade holder is formed as part of an ink chamber housing, and in another embodiment, the doctor blade holder is part of a gravure printing apparatus.
  • a combined doctor blade and shield for use with a machine, includes a doctor blade formed as a doctoring plate having a rear portion to be secured to a holder of the machine and a front portion with a doctoring edge adapted to at least substantially contact an outer surface of an element to be doctored, and a doctor blade shield having one end fixedly secured to the doctor blade in spaced relation away from the doctoring edge and a second opposite free end unsecured to the doctoring plate, so as to cover at least a portion of an outer surface of the holder when the combined doctor blade and shield is secured to the holder.
  • a printing machine includes an ink well positioned adjacent a rotating ink roll; a doctor blade holder positioned adjacent the ink roll; a doctor blade adapted to be secured to the doctor blade holder in a manner so as to extend outwardly therefrom at least substantially in engagement with an outer surface of the ink roll for metering ink on the roll, the doctor blade being formed as a doctoring plate having a rear portion adapted to be secured to the doctor blade holder and a front portion with a doctoring edge adapted to at least substantially contact the outer surface of the roll to meter ink thereto; and a doctor blade shield having one end fixedly secured to the doctor blade in spaced relation away from the doctoring edge and a second opposite free end unsecured to the doctoring plate, so as to cover at least a portion of the outer surface of the doctor blade holder to prevent ink from depositing on the outer surface of the doctor blade holder when the combined doctor blade and doctor blade shield is clamped to the doctor blade holder.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a known chamber housing with a conventional doctor blade clamped to the chamber housing;
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a chamber housing with a doctor blade and shield clamped to the chamber housing, according to a first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is an end elevational view of the combined doctor blade and shield assembly of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a chamber housing with the combined doctor blade and shield clamped to the chamber housing, according to a modification of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a gravure printing arrangement with the combined doctor blade and shield clamped to the holder, according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a known assembly of a printing machine which includes an ink chamber housing 10 associated with an anilox roll 12 .
  • Ink chamber housing 10 includes an ink chamber 14 into which anilox roll 12 extends for receiving ink on the outer surface thereof.
  • an upper doctor blade 16 is connected to one raised end 10 a of ink chamber housing 10 and contacts or substantially contacts the outer surface of anilox roll 12
  • a lower doctor blade 18 is connected with the opposite raised end 10 b of ink chamber housing 10 and also extends to the outer surface of anilox roll 12 so as to scrape any excess ink therefrom. If the anilox roll rotates in the counter-clockwise direction of arrow 13 , the upper doctor blade 16 extends to the outer surface of anilox roll 12 so as to scrape any excess ink therefrom.
  • Each doctor blade 16 and 18 is formed by a thin doctoring plate 19 having a rear portion 21 to be clamped to ink chamber housing 10 and a front portion 23 with a doctoring edge 25 which contacts or substantially contacts the outer surface of anilox roll 12 to control the level of ink thereon.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 a first embodiment of the present invention is shown in which elements corresponding to the known structure of FIG. 1 are identified by the same reference numerals, and a detailed description of the common elements will be omitted for the sake of brevity.
  • a shield 22 in the form of a sheet of material 24 is provided, such that the upper end of shield 22 is directly secured to the lower end of doctor blade 18 .
  • This securement can be by any suitable means, such as adhesive, ultrasonic welding, etc.
  • doctor blade 18 and sheet 22 can be installed and sold as a single unit for replacement, thereby simplifying the overall replacement.
  • This embodiment ensures proper placement of shield 22 in chamber housing 10 since shield 22 is fixed to blade 18 .
  • shield 22 can be located so that it covers the sharp doctoring edge of blade 18 so as to protect the operator when blade 18 is being installed in chamber housing 10 , and can then be pulled away from the sharp doctoring edge of blade 18 to the position shown in FIG. 2 .
  • shield 22 can be folded until doctor blade 18 is secured to chamber housing 10 , and thereafter, unfolded to the position shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the unitary assembly of shield 22 and doctor blade 18 is commonly clamped by a clamping assembly (not shown) of ink chamber 10 .
  • the clamping assembly is a well known clamping assembly, and a suitable clamping assembly that can be used is of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,524,540 to the same inventor herein, and the entire patent of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • Shield 22 hangs down from doctor blade 18 in covering relation to outer surface 10 c of chamber housing 10 .
  • Shield 22 can have any suitable shape, for example, rectangular, square, circular, etc. With this arrangement, any ink 20 that runs down outer surface 18 a of doctor blade 18 does not fall onto outer surface 10 c of chamber housing 10 , but rather, deposits on shield 22 and/or runs down shield 22 into a pan (not shown) positioned below the lower end of shield 22 . When it is time to change doctor blade 18 , shield 22 is replaced as a single unit with doctor blade 18 . Shield 22 therefore keeps the outer surface 10 c of ink chamber 10 clean should any ink leak or back blade from ink chamber 10 .
  • the sheet of material 24 of shield 22 can be made from any suitable material that has a liquid resistant quality, for example, polypropylene, polyethylene, acetate, or other material, and can be rigid or flexible.
  • a further shield 22 can be formed as a unitary structure with upper doctor blade 16 as well, as shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the lower end of shield 22 can be wrapped about outer surface 10 c of chamber 10 and secured to outer surface 10 c by a securing device 26 .
  • the lower end of shield 22 can be secured to outer surface 10 c of chamber housing 10 by any suitable means, such as clamps, bolts, hooks, snaps, “VELCRO”, release adhesive, etc.
  • a shield 22 can be provided as well with upper doctor blade 16 .
  • the present invention is not limited to use with a chamber doctor blade for an anilox roll, but has much wider applications.
  • a doctor blade for an anilox roll
  • the liquid coating layer tends to ride along the doctor blade onto the doctor blade holder.
  • Use of a shield 22 with the doctor blade would prevent this occurrence.
  • the present invention can be used with a gravure printing operation, as shown in FIG. 5 .
  • a roll 112 rotates in a pan 114 to pick up ink 120 .
  • Excess ink picked up by roll 112 is wiped by a doctor blade 118 held in a holder 110 .
  • the ink often splatters on holder 110 . Therefore, in accordance with this modification of the invention, a shield 122 is secured to doctor blade 118 in the same manner as described above, and held by holder 110 .
  • the free end of shield 122 is then wrapped about holder 110 and secured at an opposite end of holder 110 by a securing arrangement, such as clamps, bolts, hooks, snaps, “VELCRO”, release adhesive, etc.

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